Paiese

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: The eyes of this creature are not physically connected to optic nerves of any kind. They are suspended in a fluid that functions are electrical receptors for the optic nerves located at the base of the bulbs. This gives the creature a very unique ability to rotate its eyes in any direction it needs to, either interdependent from the eye on the other side or in synchronization. The bone plates located above the bulbs are there to protect it from the suns harmful rays.

Its muscle density in its body is rather high in order to support its large head on such a small body.

~Zeek Slider

Ergh

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: This slimy creature lives in large areas of muddy soil and high humidity where it feasts upon long grasses and roots. Its jaw can open a full 180^o in order to consume large vegetables that grow just below the surface. Its legs are limber enough to give it an extra boost when running away from predators while strong enough to support its weight. But most of all, this creature lacks the sense of smell. For all it knows, the mud it is wallowing through could be its own waste.

~Zeek Slider

Dinde

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: High

Information: This alien primate has the unique ability to blend its mating call with the rest of the ambient noises of the jungle it is found in. Its large ears contain a specialized organ that can pick out a specific frequency from each call to determine if it came from another member of this species or the one that it is trying to mimic. Observations of this ability show that it cannot reach the lower octaves of large creatures.

Another unique feature to this creature is its faun-like horns. Though they pose no threat if found on the wrong end of a head butt, they do serve a purpose in identifying family groups. Depending on bloodlines and which traits dominate over others upon breeding, the horns will change shape and even length between individual family groups.

~Zeek Slider

Miludo

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: Once thought to be an herbivore, it is clear from its diet that it does have a taste for meat even if it is in the form of sea creatures. Its skull cap never fully formed bone mass but evolved a protective layer of fat that pulses during brain activity that would be considered extremely advance for this creature, such as logical problem solving and critical analysis of a situation. The claws on its feet help give it added traction in its natural environment of purple-colored swamp marshes. They act like hooks on Velcro by attaching themselves to tangled grasses and then breaking them in half when taking a step forward. The breaking of the grass actually fertilizes the marshes they live in, so the extinction of this creature would mean the extinction of the swamps it also lives in.

~Zeek Slider

Opticoid

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: This creature has eyes nearly everywhere except its head! It has three sets on its biceps, a pair on the forearms, a pair looking backwards on its shoulders, and a large central eye on its chest. Where the eyes should be on its head are replaced with giant bat-like ears. Sneaking up on this creature has been proven to be impossible due to its omni-directional vision. Much of its brain activity is hypothesized to be devoted to sight, which may explain why this bipedal creature has yet to evolve past a primate-like state of intelligence.

~Zeek Slider

Cuddle Bug

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: A large, furry insect that is a very popular pet among races in its quadrant of space. Its body is mostly made out of fat, making it very soft and huggable. Hence the name. Its wall-eyed expressions has been known to be rather enjoyed by older women of some social groups, often being called cute even when it doesn’t mean to be. Owners are instructed never to feed it sugar or anything that has the same chemical make-up as sugar. The reasons have yet to be published, but one can only imagine what could happen.

~Zeek Slider

Oglark

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: The hinge to its jaw sits far behind its eye cavity, which suggests this creature has a small brain size and visual information tends to get to it late. It has four tubular ears that can pick up sound as compensation. The odd thing about it is the suction cup fingers and foot this creature has. Normally, creatures with these features would be found in moist areas, but this one prefers to live in areas of high altitude where moisture is hard to come by. It uses its six wings to glide on cold hair currents to get from one location to another. Landing is just a matter of making sure its suction cups attach to a rock-face surface. Its diet is made up of mountain grass, what few breed that grows at those heights.

~Zeek Slider

Mopunk

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: A tall black bird that refuses to act like one. It barks instead of tweets. It chooses to run when it has shown evidence that it can fly. It only flies if something chases it off a cliff and it finds itself in a free fall. It will strip trees bare of both leaves and fruit leaving nothing behind. And despite its coloring, it likes to be seen.

It won its name partly for its behavioral quirks but also because of the Mohawk-style crest atop its head.

~Zeek Slider

Sario

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: Another surprising creature! At first glance, it may look like six-legged cat with purple fur. The fur is actually a natural rubber. Further analysis of the creature shows evidence of some unusual healing. Instead of forming scabs, it forms fabric patches. Instead of scars, it forms something that resembles stitching. Though they pose no threat to any other creature, they are highly combative within their own species, mostly over family dominance.

Their natural habitat is that of brightly-colored marshlands. This probably explains the rubbery skin, but not their healing abnormalities.

~Zeek Slider

Paoconl

	Diet: Carnivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Low

Information: A darkly colored creature very similar to the Earth gator in its aggressive behavior. It’s a scavenger by nature. The fins that line its back are actually sensitive organs used to detect blood in the air from fresh kills. Upon finding a scent, they sluggishly make their way towards it to consume whatever may be left. In order to scare off their predators, they roar and bark with every step made.

The meat of this creature is poisonous. As a result, very few creatures actually hunt them for food. If they are hunted, it is because of their annoying noise.

~Zeek Slider

Sconix

	Diet: Carnivore Danger Level: Medium (Predator) Social Ability: Medium

Information: A rather large beastly creature that is directly responsible for the extinction of several creatures on its home planet. Most of its prey has been saved by galactic ecologists and placed in a wildlife reserve to repopulate. It’s rather unusual for a carnivore to deliberately destroy its food web, but clearly its appetite knows no boundaries.

Its anatomy is very similar to that of a T-Rex here on Earth, but with large downward-turned horns. Observations by the ecologists that saved its food web provide no clues as to what they may be used for. It is hypothesized that they could be family group indicators, as the horns size and curvature changes from generation to generation.

~Zeek Slider

Phenobriteha

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: A strange creature with an equally strange reason for extinction.

This creature will collect its waste product in the bulb above its head. It will then release another chemical once the bulb is full and burn its waste in a bright flash. As a result, it has no true waste product or anus. The large legs are used to support the main body while the smaller legs help it navigate hilly areas.

It was recently eradicated from a wildlife sanctuary due aesthetic dispositions of the empire that runs the sanctuary.

~Zeek Slider

Zircon

	Diet: Carnivore Danger Level: Medium (Predator) Social Ability: Low

Information: The story goes that this creature was created from a nightmare made real through machines like the Creature Tweaker.

It is a monstrous insect that will use its duel stingers to slash and hack its prey like a Samurai warrior. To consume it, the three pairs of jaws open and close in a sequential pattern in, essentially, turn flesh and bone into paste that is then slurps up with a small tentacle mouth. It’s exoskeleton is as hard as steel but is light as plastic.

It’s also huge! We are talking several stories tall.

~Zeek Slider

Pot-Belly

	Vehicle Type: Space

Information: When the demands of inter-galactic trading becomes too much for normal ships to bare, this model is often called upon to help easy the problem. Its cargo hold is said to be several times larger than those found Shipping Class rockets while maintaining a sturdy structure that can withstand most impact from space debris. It also features a loading door large enough for most battle tanks to fit in for easy transportations of ground vehicles to new colonies.

It’s horribly slow, however. Delivers tend to take longer than projected due to the amount of fuel needed to get this large ship in orbit with a full cargo load.

~Zeek Slider

Nihode

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: This was the creature that we made that broke the machine. We took a very large creature and made it very small. We then changed its diet from carnivore to herbivore. We then changed it from having scales to having fur. And then changed it from dark colors to light ones. And just for fun, we gave it naturally forming crystals.

Apparently that’s what caused the machine to say “That’s it! I’ve had enough!” and blew up in our face shortly after creating a pair of these creatures. I hope we produced a pair that can reproduce, otherwise this may be the only time you will see this creature.

Later!
Ross

Summy

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Low

Information: I think this creature wins for having the largest body mass with the smallest skull size. I modeled it after the Earth giraffe but gave it a large fin behind its head that we genetically programmed to react with its various emotions. It was pretty cool seeing this creature come to life and seeing the fin stand fully erect in shock as it was trying to get used to its new surroundings.

I think it will like where we released it. Lots of open land to run around and fruit in high trees that no other herbivore can get to.

Later!
Ross

Dolewan

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: Hey! We got it working again, and this time we REALLY pushed the Creature Tweaker to its limits. So much so that I think we broke it after making three radically different creatures.

The Empire that let us use their wildlife sanctuary as a testing ground said that they noticed they are in need of an Omnivore, so we scanned in one of the carnivore’s DNA and completely messed with it. You can’t even see any resemblance to the original species! It’s amazing!

They will be observing this creature in the wild for several months, mostly to see if it will survive having been radically genetically altered. It should be interesting, since I gave it two different types of eyes and a small mouth at the end of a long snout.

Later!
Ross

Idesomarch

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium Culture: Aggressive, Economic Galactic Class: Trader

Information: A trading race that is rather aggressive in their tactics. This race will not hesitate to resort to bribery, robbery, blackmail, and even, on rare occasion lying to secure a deal. Most members of this race try to be honest business men, but it is beyond their nature to feel compassion for any race that could be on the losing end of their economic transactions.

Supposedly, this race is so ruthless that even military cultures avoid their small-but-powerful empire. It is believed that their tactics could result in this race acquiring a large number of WMDs (if they haven’t already).

It’s very rare for this race to encounter another space race that refuses to do business with them. Most of their trading partners tend to swoon by their sales pitch and shifty language when negotiating contracts. Others are just afraid of this race given its rather monstrous appearance.

It should be pointed out that their main economic commodity can be best described as “human trafficking,” popularly known as prostitution on our planet. That's right, this race is a Galactic Pimp.

~Zeek Slider

Krest-etraw Blipu

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: So the last creature we made was this beautiful bird. We both agreed that we didn’t like the coloring for something that looked so majestic in flight, so we fixed that with the Creature Tweaker. However, we also learned that this bird originally was an omnivore, which we thought was odd. We decided to change its diet into that of an herbivore, as well as take away a few of its claws.

These simple changes resulted in the crest on its head to become larger and more pronounced, which we liked. Unfortunately, it still retained its dull coloring of the tail feathers. It seems that some things we simply cannot repaint with this machine. But this creature looks beautiful now with its golden wings and large feathers.

Well, I had a lot of fun creating life, but after this creature, the machine broke down. I don’t know when the next time we’ll be able to pay with this again, but I’m told I’ll get a call once its fixed.

Later!
Ross

Kregas

	Diet: Carnivore Danger Level: Medium (Predator, Pack x4) Social Ability: Medium

Information: There isn’t much you can do to improve on an already awesome looking creature like what this originally was. So what we did was just give it bigger claws and a meaner mouth. As simple as these changes were, we noticed yet another mutation! The forward limbs appear to be armor plated, and the inner toe on these limbs are gigantic! Another surprise is that this creature figured out pretty quickly that these mutations can be used to its hunting advantages.

We released about four of these into the wildlife sanctuary and noticed that they maintained the same pack behavior of the original creature. Only now they are more dangerous.

Later!
Ross

Snire Spakd

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: When I saw the DNA we were using next with the Creature Tweaker, the first thing I said was “Let it have sight!” It was originally blind, so we gave it eyes. However, the DNA in this creature was strong enough to almost override the machine, so we didn’t end up with the eyes we wanted to put on it. We also decided to give it longer claws to help it dig better, but after giving it all these features to make it better, we decided to give it a pair of giant tusks to make eating difficult.

Turns out when it was constructed that eating with those tusks is not the problem. Walking is! The larger claws makes it walking gait rather awkward, and for a while it kept tripping over itself in a rather humorous way. Well, at least we got a laugh out of it.

Later!
Ross

Grundoa

	Diet: Carnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: Believe it or not, the original DNA we used with this creature came from my friends pet. It was a docile herbivore that we turned into a vicious carnivore by simply replacing its mouth. We made the aesthetic choice of getting rid of its tail and giving it more threatening facial features. We kept the shell, you know, just because.

This one we also experimented some more with the skin feature of the Creature Tweaker. It originally had short, soft hair that we quickly changed into scales. We even darkened the coloring a little bit to give it a more evil look, but the yellow spots we couldn’t figure out how to get rid of.

This creature ended up a whole lot bigger than what we expected it to be when it came out the other end of the machine. Thankfully, we constructed all the creatures we made on a wildlife sanctuary planet, so once it came out, it didn’t bother us. I think it was kind of hungry, because as soon as it saw another creature, it chased after it.

Later!
Ross

Ewlark

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: Continuing our little experiment at playing Spode/God/Allah/The Flying Spaghetti Monster, my friend and I decided to forcefully evolve a cellular creature into one capable of living on land. The result was this creature.

We removed its proboscis and gave it a more appropriate-shaped mouth. We kept its large eyes, but added eye lids to give it the ability to emote. Its already had a spiky collar to protect itself, but we decided to sharpen one of the horns just out of randomness. We also gave it legs for faster mobility and then gave it a tail with a spike at the end. We got really spike crazy with this creature, as you can see by the addition of the insect arms we threw on there.

Upon its construction, we noticed that it has a very aggressive nature. We aren’t sure how this happened, but it may have something to do with all the weaponry we gave it. It is heavily armed for an herbivore.

Later!
Ross

Upinoka

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: Hey guys! I hope you are still reading this site, seeing how I just caught the post about you not posting because of getting cut due to money problems. I can’t relate, but I bet it is bad.

Anyway, I just wanted to show you something I made! That’s right, I made something that now populates the galaxy! See, one of my buddies finally got a hold of the Creature Tweaker, which is a genetic altering machine that produces various test-tube creatures based on the DNA of existing creatures. And we kind of went crazy with it with the creatures on his home planet. I’m sure you have the original creatures documented somewhere in those files.

So this creature was originally similar to the Earth horse, but I gave it horns, and extra pair of eyes, and shortened it tail. I also took some liberties in how it was colored by making it look like the Earth zebra, only with white stripes over a brown base. The strange thing is that there was a mutation that we didn’t expect when this creature finally took form. As you can see, the hooves have a split in them. We don’t know what happened, but this was our first time messing around with the machine.

Later!
Ross

The Mirra Estate

	Structure Type: Residential
	Structure Type: Government
	Structure Type: Commercial

Information: The Mirra Estate is composed of several buildings that have won themselves the most questionable labeling I have come across. While some of the reason behind their classifications makes sense, others do not. How these buildings got to be classified as such is still beyond logic.

The buildings are made out of the same three materials: folded steel, gold leaf, and sandstone. The sandstone comes in two different forms: the more structurally-sound building mixture and the more decorative boulder variety. In all three building types, the opulent feeling of the design is the focal point. In other words, it is clear the Mirras wanted others to know just how rich they really are.

The first building displayed in the table is that of the Mirra Manor. This is the family’s main home, housing several dozen bedrooms for guests and servants alike. A small courtyard can be found just beyond the entrance archway, but the real draw to this building is the trapezoidal second floor of the main building. Supposedly, the interior of this floor houses the Mirra family treasure: a Pink Spice Crystal. The crystal is said to have been found by the family ancestor while working in the Spice Mines of a nearby colony. According to legend, he kept the crystal secret until he could safely get it appraised. Upon finding how much it was worth, it was decided that the treasure be cashed in. The original crystal was then carefully cut down, but a large portion of it still remains in the Mirra’s possession.

This fact alone has attracted several greedy individuals, and there have been many attempts to steal the Pink Spice Crystal. This resulted in the family’s investment into the second and third buildings displayed in the table.

Just outside the estate wall facing all major and minor compass points is a security checkpoint that houses the Mirra’s personal army. It is here that anyone wishing to enter the estate must undergo a very lengthy process in order to be granted access into the estate. Fast food deliverers don’t even have access to the building without clearance! It is unknown what happens to those that fail to pass the process.

Lining the roads leading to the mansion are several guard towers. Here, skilled snipers and scouts keep watch over the estate grounds day and night. The towers are strategically placed to allow maximum visibility. Many of the towers function as second eyes for any potential blind spots that could be exploited by another tower. The odd thing about this building is that there are several casinos that have been modeled after this landmark. This doesn’t really work to the Mirra’s advantage any, but it does supply a rather annoy misdirection as to the building’s true function.

Though attempts to steal the Pink Spice Crystal have been reduced to one every five years or so, there are whispers going around those that live in the shadow of the estate that the crystal may not even exist any more. The popular belief is that the family is now living off of an ever-growing nest egg investment from the casinos that dot the city. If this is true or not has yet to be determine due to the mysterious disappearance of the Mirra family from the public eye. Their security detail assures the public, however, that they are safe within their majestic manor.

~Zeek Slider

Osayadu

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium Culture: Friendly, Economic Galactic Class: Wanderer/Scout

Information: An adventurous little race. They delight in exploring planets for various missions and tasks no matter how small they may be. They do it for the thrill and never for the reward. Equipped with nearly anything they could need for any task, this race is often hired as scouts for escorting missions. Upon completing a mission, this race likes to meet up with others of its kind and exchange stories of their experiences. This is mostly for bragging rights, but it helps maintain an oral history for this race. Unfortunately, the greatest adventures tend to be forgotten as soon as another grander one comes along.

~Zeek Slider

Manuw

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: This creature displays some odd characteristics similar to primitive sentient beings. Initially, it was unknown if they were capable of using specialized tools, but recent documentation shows that this is possible when gathering fruit just out of their reach. What officially classifies a creature as being sentient has been disputed within the walls of the company, but the general consensus is that a creature must be able to harness the elements (specifically fire) or produce a unique language that can be translated in order to qualify. This creature has not reached this point.

However, give this creature a few more centuries to evolve, and who knows? Maybe we’ll be updating this publication and properly classifying them as a sentient race.

~Zeek Slider

Ocurtpod

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: A very curious jungle bird that is extremely large in size. Its size suggests that its kind has lived for several million years with no competitors or predators to worry about. It seems to have an attraction to small, round, yellow objects.

Very few sightings of this creature have been recorded, but it is clear that this creature is a very fast runner. If anything startles it, this creature will use its long legs to clear several miles within seconds in a clearing.

Its diet is mostly berries found in the highest part of jungle trees.

~Zeek Slider

Treau

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: Its three heads and large mouth all share the same esophagus, but its stomach is surprisingly very small. This is due to how much body mass the lower mouth takes up in the main body. As a result, it has to constantly consume food in order to stay alive. The three heads take care of the various fruits and nuts from trees and bushes, while the larger is used to consume the meat of prey.

When it is desperate for food, it will take a predatory stance. It is naturally a scavenger when food is plentiful.

~Zeek Slider

Chitawaba

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: This strange creature appears to resemble a stuffed toy, complete with the brightly colored patch work on its skin. It is covered with short and very fine hairs giving it the texture of velvet when touched. It’s unknown as to why this is the case, especially since this creature does have internal organs unlike the ones previously discovered.

It has evolved two pairs of wings to give it added momentum in its efforts to avoid predators. The wings located on its neck are actually stabilizing rudders to make its snake-like body more aerodynamic. Though it cannot travel very far both in the air and on land, the sudden take-offs do frighten any creature within its range. This is due to the thunderous noise it makes while beating its wings. The file suggests it sounds similar to a motorcycle starting up, only at a higher pitch.

~Zeek Slider

Striker

	Vehicle Type: Air Class: M Armor: 46% Threat Level: 23% Speed: 31%

Information: A strategically designed air craft designed to snipe buildings and bases from high altitudes in the dark of night. It will hover over its target just out of radar range while it charges its laser. The unfortunate part of its design is the kick back from the blast offsets the balance of its hover. How this craft is designed and launched is kept secret, for obvious military reasons.

~Zeek Slider

Regal Scarab

	Vehicle Type: Space

Information: An overly decorative ship constructed out of gold and ebony. Its protected by a brand of invisible shielding commonly used to seal collector cases, making its ability to survive the re-entry process a mystery. An even bigger mystery is the way the ship is designed. By our laws of aerodynamics, there is no logically way for this craft to travel at the speed it does due to the vertical puck-shaped body. Then again, there have been stranger ships flying the stars out there.

~Zeek Slider

Artisan Mill

	Structure Type: Industrial

Information: A decorative wind mill that functions as a pump for well water. Within the building is a series of switches that control when water is to be pumped from the underground source, mostly to insure that the building doesn’t accidentally flood itself during windy days. If one wants water, all one has to do is pull a level and wait for the gears to lock into place. Once enough water is retrieved, another level pulls the gears just a fraction of an inch apart to stop the pump from moving while allowing the windmill to continue moving.

~Zeek Slider

Lepwarm

	Diet: Unknown (assumed Omnivore) Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium Culture: Industrious, Religious Galactic Class: Engineer/Diplomat

Information: Supposedly this creature evolved without a mouth, which makes astro-biologists kind of curious how it produces energy to survive. Medical records provided by the race suggest they convert the air in atmosphere into the nutrients it needs to survive. This is done through their skin. The end result is that this race cannot live on any other planet that doesn’t share the same atmosphere make-up as their home planet.

In order to communicate with one another, they have developed a collar that audibly and visually translates psychic brain waves. This contraption can be adjusted to a variety of frequencies, provided that the information is uploaded to the collar itself, making it a very useful translation tool when socializing with other races. The technology behind these collars is so popular that this race has become the single manufacturer of the Universal Translator System (UTS) used by nearly every space race we have on record.

As of this publication of this record, the UTS created by this race can translate nearly 3 billion different languages spoken in the universe. Surprisingly, Klingon is not one of them, as this race has deemed it a fictional language not worth translating.

~Zeek Slider

To

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium Culture: Friendly, Economic Galactic Class: Diplomat

Information: Records show that this race pronounces their name as TOE with a long O sound instead of the short OO sound we would associate with the word TO. Or is it the other way around? English was never really my strongest suit in school.

Anyway, this race is often sent in to mediate hostile situations. Their disarmingly cute look is the result of some late evolutionary changes in the races genetics. This is probably due to selective breeding practices within their culture. In other words, this race not only practices pre-arranged marriages, but the arrangements are based on which pairing would produce the most aesthetically pleasing offspring.

As a race of mediators, they know how to do their job quickly and efficiently. In their area of the universe, their success rate is close to 98%, leaving only the most stubborn of races as their failures. Though their tactics are heavily based on their charm, they also maintain a level of social wit that is used to their advantage when the opportunity presents itself.

They are also a rather small race. The average adult stands no taller than a baby Earth kitten. Their muscles are very dense, allowing them the ability to keep up with their larger employers who refuse to carry them. It also allows them to quickly dodge the stray foot step that could crush them.

As a society, they tend to keep to themselves. Family groups very rarely mingle with other members unless a promising breeding mix is determined by both parties. They also have no reason to interact with each other as every family is self sufficient, growing their own gardens and constructing their own homes. They have no empire; they all live on just one planet that is located in the middle of their universe’s arm break. They also have no local government of any form. This is kind of ironic given how social the creature is outside of its own race.

~Zeek Slider

Lenny

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium Culture: Friendly, Religious Galactic Class: Zealot/Artist

Information: Though classified as a Zealot, this race is passionate about the arts and creativity in general. So much so that they have turned it into a religion. In some respect, their religious views resemble that of Creationism and Intelligent Design. Thankfully, they are not like most galactic Zealots who push their religious ideals on other races. Due to their artistic slant, they are able to live peacefully with other races that do not believe in the same creed they do.

Culturally, the race seeks knowledge and creativity above all other things. Their leaders tend to be elders who have spent a lifetime reading and writing books of both fantasy and fact. Assistants and apprentices often become very familiar with their master’s work and will continue the research upon their master’s passing. The only spot in their society that comes close to rivaling these seekers of knowledge are the inventors.

After forming a guild of active members, the inventors of this race are responsible for nearly all of the technological advancements in their history. Though their technology is still rather analog compared to other races, it still serves their main use and function of design. Members of the guild come from all creative backgrounds from fashion to fine arts, but they all must display a passion for creating new and innovative things as part of their initiation and membership requirements.

Strangely enough, this race has no economic structure. While they actively trade with other empires for capital, they appear to use any form of monetary gain as raw material. Physical paper-based cash notes are recycled and turned into canvases, metal coins are melted down and remolded into jewelry or tools, and precious stones are often set into the decorative mosaics that cover the heart of their larger cities. This practice as resulted in several attempts at piracy and thief from outside forces.

~Zeek Slider

Memphis

	Diet: Herbivore Danger Level: Medium Social Ability: Medium

Information: This strange, eight-legged horse walks in a manner that disguises how many feet it actually has. Its hind legs will step in the exact spot that its fore legs made an imprint. It appears that this ability is taught as soon as the young are able to stand on their own. However, this unique characteristic does nothing in protecting itself against predators.

Local tribes believe the meat from this creature contains fertility elements, leading many tribes to hunt this creature the night of conceiving a child.

~Zeek Slider

Chonih

	Diet: Omnivore Danger Level: Low Social Ability: Medium

Information: A chubby little creature that has a blinding defense on top of its head. If startled, it will fire off all the lights on its head as bright as it can. Seconds later, it will sprint as fast as possible. Its primitive wings help it glide, but it cannot travel by air any farther than it can jump. It just makes the ride smoother. Its diet is mostly nuts and berries, but it is not above snacking on the smaller creatures.

~Zeek Slider